Musketeers with Gunpowder

Musketeers with Gunpowder. In this era, muskets and pistols reshaped the very nature of warfare. Flintlock muskets steadily supplanted matchlocks, prized for their speed and reliability. Pistols, with their short reach, found deadly purpose in cavalry skirmishes and dueling grounds alike. Yet both shared a fatal flaw: slow reloading, which made that first shot a matter of life or death. Their thunderous volleys also carried a psychological weight, shaking enemy lines before steel even clashed.